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Volcan Mines - Zinc - 25

Producer in Junin, Peru with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068789
MRDS ID W002040
Record type Site
Current site name Volcan Mines - Zinc - 25
Alternate or previous names Ticlio Zinc Deposit, Cara Hucra

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.20805, -11.59788 (WGS84)
Elevation 4510
Relative position AT TICLIO. PART OF MINE WORKINGS ARE IN PROVINCE OF YAULI DEPARTMENT OF JUNIN. NEAR MOROCOCHA. CARAHUCRA MINE 30 KM FROM TICLIO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Junin(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Junin

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION FROM METALLOGENIC MAP OF PERU 1969, NO. 25 - LIMA AT TICLIO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Argentite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Wall Rocks Are Sericitized And Silicified Pyritized And Replaced By Barite, During The Early Stages Of Alteration Whereas During A Later Stage They Were Silicified And Some Carbonate Minerals, Specularite And Chlorite Were Formed.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Anticona; Granodiorite
    Rock description Anticona; Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.20805, -11.59788
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Post Mineral Faulting Along Faults Parallel To The Veins

Ore body information

  • General form SEVERAL VEINS STRIKING N.E
    Strike NE.
    Dip SE.
    Length 800M
    Width 2M
    Depth to bottom 450M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1677
Year of first production 1945

Mining district

District name Central Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Volcan Compania Minera, S. A. (Wwii - )

Production statistics

  • Year 1989
    Material ?
    Description Ap_Grade: ^5.89% Zn, 0.65% Pb, 2.72 0z/St Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Major Zinc Zinc 6wt-pct
    Major Silver Silver 3wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • THE MINE PRODUCES BETWEEN 300,000 TO 500,000 TONS ORE ANNUALLY - PROBABLY INCLUDE PRODUCTION FROM CARAHUACRA DEPOSIT OPERATED BY VOLCAN MINES; ZN CONCENTRATE CONTAINS 4.5 OZ/ST AG, 0.034 OZ/ST AU; PB CONCENTRATE CONTAINS 59.22 OZ/ST AG, 0.3 OZ/ST AU

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Total resources 16000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 5 wt-pct Zinc Major 1989
    Lead Pb 3 wt-pct Lead Major 1989

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATED BY REPORTER 2/73
  • ESTIMATED BY REPORTER BASED ON 20 YEARS RESERVES AT AN ANNUAL PRODUCTION RATE OF 400,000 MET TONS. INCLUDES RESERVES FROM SMALLER MINES OPERATED BY COMPANY. PV = PROVEN, PB = PROBABLE
  • ESTIMATED BY REPORTER TO HAVE POTENTIAL RESOURCES EQUAL TO THE ESTIMATED RESERVES

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MINE IS DEVELOPED ON 7 OR MORE PRINCIPAL LEVELS, THE VOLCAN, TRANSVAAL, SANTA CATALINA, SAN NICOLAS, FIRST, SECOND, AND HUACRACOCHA. THE VEIN HAS BEEN DEVELOPED MORE THAN 900 M ON SAN NICOLAS LEVEL. VOLCAN OPERATES 2 MINES, ONE UNDERGROUND AND A SMALL OPEN PIT.

Comments on development

  • VOLCAN CARRIED OUT EXPLORATION SINCE MID-1950'S AND DISCOVERED CARAHUACRA DEPOSIT AND PUT IN PRODUCTION ABOUT 1961, PREVIOUS MATERIAL CAME FROM TICLIO MINE THAT CLOSED IN 1960. ; ECON.COM: INVESTMENT PROGRAM FOR 1990 AMOUNTS TO US$1.742 MILLION. CONCENTRATOR CAPACITY (1990) 1600 MT/DAY WITH FEED GRADE OF 0.7% PB, 5.9% ZN, 2.6 OZ/ST AG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAWAY, A. M., 1962, LEAD A MATERIALS SURVEY, U.S.B.M. INF. CIR. 8083, P. 42

  • Deposit

    PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969

  • Deposit

    COMMUNIQUE, AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU.

  • Deposit

    CAVANAGH, J. AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPORT'S GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: LIMA, PERU, PERU REPORTING SERVICIOS EDITORIALES S.R.L., P. 301-304.

  • Deposit

    1943 DIREXPL VOLCAN MINES

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS - UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    MINING MAGAZINE SEPT. 1969, VOL. 121, NO. 3, P. 241; AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991)

  • Reserve-Resource

    AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE SHOOT IS AS MUCH AS 12 M WIDE ALONG A 100 M INTERVAL ON THE VOLCAN LEVEL.
Deposit First Production Year: 1945 SIGNIFICANT
Deposit Discovery Year: COLONIAL PERIOD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1973 Goudarzi, Gus H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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